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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1255 

To prevent a shutdown of the government of the United States, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 30, 2011 

Mr. WOMACK (for himself and Mr. WOODALL) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition 

to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by 

the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To prevent a shutdown of the government of the United 

States, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Government Shutdown 

5 Prevention Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FUNDING THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE REMAINDER 

2 OF FISCAL YEAR 2011. 

3 (a) DEADLINE FOR CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLA4 TION FUNDING THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE REMAINDER

5 OF FISCAL YEAR 2011.—If the House has not received 

6 a message from the Senate before April 6, 2011, stating 

7 that it has passed a measure providing for the appropria8 tions for the departments and agencies of the Government 

9 for the remainder of fiscal year 2011, the provisions of 

10 H.R. 1, as passed by the House on February 19, 2011, 

11 are hereby enacted into law. 

12 (b) PUBLICATION OF ACT.—In publishing this Act in 

13 slip form and in the United States Statutes at Large pur14 suant to section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the 

15 Archivist of the United States shall include after the date 

16 of approval, if applicable, an appendix setting forth the 

17 text of the bill referred to in subsection (a). 

18 SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS TO MEMBERS 

19 OF CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT. 

20 (a) TREATMENT OF MEMBERS DURING A GOVERN21 MENT SHUTDOWN.—The Secretary of the Senate and the 

22 Chief Administrative Officer of the House, respectively, 

23 shall not disburse to each Member or Delegate the amount 

24 of his or her salary for each day that— 

25 (1) there is more than a 24-hour lapse in ap26 propriations for any Federal agency or department 


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1 as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropria2 tions bill or continuing resolution; or 

3 (2) the Federal Government is unable to make 

4 payments or meet obligations because the public 

5 debt limit under section 3101 of title 31, United 

6 States Code, has been reached. 

7 (b) TREATMENT OF THE PRESIDENT DURING A GOV8 ERNMENT SHUTDOWN.—The President shall not receive 

9 a disbursement of basic pay for any period in which— 

10 (1) there is more than a 24-hour lapse in ap11 propriations for any Federal agency or department 

12 as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropria13 tions bill or continuing resolution; or 

14 (2) the Federal Government is unable to make 

15 payments or meet obligations because the public 

16 debt limit under section 3101 of title 31, United 

17 States Code, has been reached. 

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